Pochita basically didn't do much activity on the first day he came here. Most of the time he was just in the room. Even the meals were delivered directly to the room. I also had some free time to eavesdrop on the corner. However, It's a pity that what they said has nothing to do with this transaction, but I have a general understanding of my current hotel and what the so-called hotel owner is like.
If I had to make a metaphor, the status of the hotel is probably like the Sanguang town I have been to before. It is a place that provides reasonable food and accommodation for "everyone" and safety above the baseline.
Most of these places were established by people who had washed their hands of themselves - they may have been big crocodiles in the past, but they retreated bravely or safely abdicated under the tide of the times, but they were unable to retreat because they were no longer connected to the real society. To the past time, so in an organization like a retirement club one day, this matter was put on the agenda as a joke.
Then, existences like safe houses that are distributed all over the place and are nominally absolutely neutral are formed. If you are not completely sure of defeating these people, then you will be absolutely safe in the "stronghold" they opened.
Everyone, whether they are officials of the empire or escaped criminals or smugglers, have maximum freedom in this place, but they are also restricted by everyone. In these places, even the local nobles of the Guanbai Empire also have strongholds. Keep a certain distance. After the extremely vicious criminal left the stronghold, he was faced with circles of soldiers, so he shrank back, and the soldiers stood guard at the door as if they had never seen him enter, until the criminal's money was finally spent. Finally, he was kicked out of the door by the owner of the stronghold.
And here is the stronghold corresponding to the Immortal Fortress.
The establishment of a stronghold does not require anyone's consent, nor does it require any publicity. Anyone who has the strength can create such a place. Most of the owners of the stronghold are local squires, but most of them People gave up maintaining the stronghold after setting up a stronghold for a period of time - this is actually because most of the initial stronghold setters were former leaders of certain underground gangs or even once-famous strong men. There are legendary strong men who live in seclusion.
To understand it in terms of my dead end, it's probably the Big Boss Retirement Club on the X-Booth rankings.
But after knowing these things, some doubts naturally arose in my heart - if the founders were all former bosses, then what kind of boss was the former hotel owner?
Moreover, Nolan Lusi never mentioned whether he was buried, chopped in half, dismembered, or burned to ashes, so now I suddenly started to panic.
Damn it, if he was the leader of some very powerful organization, wouldn't he have become a wanted criminal in the underground world?
No, no, no, calm down and think about it. If it was some powerful organization, I might have been discovered not long before I opened the store, and then directly hunted down by various killer organizations. Now that I can live well until now, then Does it mean that you know that Nolan Lusi seemed to handle it appropriately at the time?
Why does this matter seem to be getting weirder and weirder the more I think about it!
I sighed, and there was a slight impulse in my heart to get to the bottom of it. However, my reason told me that this was completely irrelevant and useless. It would not be of any help to the current situation and would not be of any help in the future. .
"It would be nice if Nolan Lusi was right in front of me. Then I wouldn't have to worry about it. Her words could probably tell me my final thoughts directly, right?" I leaned on the counter and sighed.
This is already the second day that Pochita came here. The slight difference is that they walked out of the hotel with relaxed expressions in the morning, as if they were looking for a place to trade, but in fact they didn't even They didn't move the carriage. With that attitude, I almost thought they had left their goods with them.
If it weren't for the fact that I used magic to repeatedly confirm that apart from basic equipment, they didn't have any other magical props or anything carrying special waves, I wouldn't have let them leave without following them.
"So, what exactly do you want to ask me?"
At the moment when I had a thought, a voice that I didn't expect came into my ears, and with it came the magic of the illusion and the distorted space.
In a certain place in the room, the original colors suddenly became chaotic. As these colors gradually disappeared, new colors were dyed and appeared in front of me.
I stood up in surprise, looked at Nolan Lusi in front of me and said with some surprise: "Nolan Lusi, why are you here?"
"Of course it's to fulfill the promise." Nolan Lesi's figure appeared completely in mid-air. With the blessing of Feather Technique, the whole person fell lightly in the air.
After she stabilized her body slightly on her toes, she turned her head and looked at me with a half-smile and said: "Ah, why are you so nervous? Could it be that I happened to hear you calling my name just now because you were talking about me?" Bad words?"
The corners of my eyes twitched, then I coughed and said, "Ahem, no, no, no, how dare I. It's just that I suddenly remembered something."
Nolan Lusi fell to the ground completely. After hearing what I said, she said strangely: "What's wrong? It must be something related to me. It doesn't hurt to say it now - as long as it doesn't mean anything offensive."
I scratched my cheek and said with a little embarrassment: "Although it is really scary to say that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, but let me ask first, what abnormal method did you use when you bought this hotel? ah?"
The corners of Nolan Lusi's eyes twitched sharply, she looked at me very dangerously and said, "Isn't this just saying bad things!"
I said: "The headquarters may have been purchased. If I remember correctly, the finances of Demon King's Castle at that time were simply not enough to raise the money to replace the door."
Nolan Lusi tilted her head and said a little unnaturally: "It is true that I used a slightly rough method! But I didn't have any normal thinking at the time -"
"Was it buried, cut in half, cut into pieces, or burned to ashes?"
She burst out laughing after hearing what I said, then looked at me with strange eyes and said, "Have you been thinking a little too much lately?"
"Logically speaking, shouldn't the insider be executed in this situation?" I made a gesture of slitting my throat. "After all, what I did was not a normal excess, it was just snatched away. In order to hide it from others, Isn’t killing directly something that many bad guys often do?”
"I'm not a bad person!" Nolan Lusi said reflexively, and then coughed dryly as if she thought of something, "But maybe, I did something outrageous."
"But, but!" She waved her hand and emphasized, "I am different from what you said. Although the boss at that time treated us very roughly, I kicked him out without taking a penny from him. Oh!"
Wouldn't that make no difference!
Then Nolan Lusi suddenly said oh, and then said with some surprise: "Could it be that that guy actually came back? And then forced you to hand over the hotel or report him to the police or something?"
I sighed and said, "Although it is indeed a possibility, in a world like this, normal people probably don't have the courage."
Nolan Lusi said oh again, and then said a little strangely: "What is the problem?"
how to say……
I rubbed my head with some annoyance and thought about my words: "To put it simply, the former owner of that hotel might be a big shot in some organization or a very powerful person."
"I don't feel how strong it is." Nolan Lusi said disdainfully.
I quickly waved my hand and said, "If he is simply strong, it won't be a big problem. I'm worried that he is a retired boss of some organization."
Nolan Lusi said with some surprise: "Ah? No way."
I hummed softly, and then said: "This is something I only found out today, so I'm not sure, but now I feel relieved to hear you say that."
Next, I told Nolan Lusi all the information I heard. Of course, I also used my brain to speculate on some of the unclear parts.
In short, it is a final restoration of what the situation is now.
After hearing my description, Nolan Lusi let out a cry of surprise, her eyes shining as if she had discovered a new world.
She clenched one hand into a fist and smashed it on the other hand, and said with a look of enlightenment: "I wonder how someone can be so stubborn and open a hotel in a place like this where you can't make much money and only poor brave men can make money. That’s what happened.”
Nolan Lusi said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be more interesting in this case?"
Then I had to point out a rather serious problem.
"A large part of our current resources are earned by relying on this unfounded reputation. If it is confirmed that I am not the real hotel owner and know nothing about these things, of course it will be impossible to open the store, and There will probably be problems with the princess's cooperation, after all, no one knows how much of an impact that mythical legend will have on their trust."
Nolan Lesi said "Ah", then frowned slightly and said: "That is indeed a serious matter, but no one has come to make trouble for such a long time, so the problem should be minor, right?"
I nodded and said: "I have thought about this issue too. But I think they are probably very afraid of you. After all, strength itself can also represent a certain threat, so they may not do many short-term behaviors. .”
Nolan Lusi held her chin and thought for a while, then clapped her hands and said, "Isn't that a coincidence!"
"What a coincidence...?"
"Didn't you say it! Maybe they are not moving now because they are afraid of my strength, so let's just start training you! If your strength is enough to be feared, wouldn't the problem be easily solved?" Nolan Lusi said with a smile, "And a very important reason why I came today is to teach you space magic!"
So that's it, I thought something was going to happen again...
I pointed to the stables at the back and said: "That's really a coincidence... and I have something to tell you. Someone from your demon tribe seems to be purchasing the human tribe's production line of living magic items. Now I There’s a businessman here doing it.”
"Huh? Is the buyer a demon?" Nolan Lusi said with some surprise, "It's really a long time since we've seen each other. I thought those guys were all stupid."
As she was talking, she suddenly became interested and said to me excitedly: "Hey, when will they get the goods? I really want to know whose child this is from!"
This sounds so awkward... but forget it.
I said helplessly: "The date of the transaction has not been determined yet. It seems that we have to wait for the other party to come over."
"Oh oh oh, that's it!" Nolan Lusi clapped her hands, "It's not a big problem. Anyway, I plan to teach you magic in the past few days, so I stopped by when they were trading to practice space magic. It’s not that big anymore~”
A good idea indeed.
But seeing that Nolan couldn't stop squirming, I decided to give him a little reminder.
But to my surprise, Nolan Lusi stopped mid-sentence.
"Ah, that's right, I forgot what I came here for today." Noraleth patted her forehead and said, "Space magic... Let's go to your room first."
Although this is a little awkward, the lobby is obviously not a place for lectures, so I can only go to my room for the time being.
After asking Noelle to take care of people coming to the hotel, Nolan Lusi and I came to my room.
Nolan Lusi closed the door, then grabbed a chair and sat on it, crossed his legs and said, "Then can we start?"
"Can……"
This conversation sounds weird.
However, Nolan Lusi didn't pay attention, but rather simply asked a similar question that the mentor who taught me magic once asked me.
"What do you think space (fire) is?"
What is space...
This is a big question.
Especially as a time traveler, probably no one on earth can say that they already understand space.
"Space is... as a form of magical existence that can be measured by time and can be defined by us in a certain form." I took a breath and expressed this revised understanding that was probably applicable to other worlds.
Nolan Lusi was stunned for a moment, then took a breath of cold air, and then said with a slightly stiff face: "It's quite understandable."
